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Are you an evidence-based practitioner? Think about it; are you really?

An athletic trainer working a Division 1 women’s volleyball tournament with elite Top-25 teams sent me a text: “You should do a study on the average number of ice bags used by volleyball teams after a match… Entire teams are getting ice on both knees and the hitting shoulder. No post-match mobility work, just pounds of ice. Crazy! Some athletic trainers and strength and conditioning coaches are too ignorant and too lazy to provide proper warm-up and cool-down protocols to address mobility.” This is not shocking to me. I worked with Division I volleyball for several years and I observed this too. This is where I learned ice is overused. This isn’t just a volleyball thing; this is an all-sport issue.Continue reading →